Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fox's Old Bowery Theatre (until 1/67)

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Conductor(s):
Alexander Tyte

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Apr 1865, Evening
11 Apr 1865, Evening
12 Apr 1865, Evening
13 Apr 1865, Evening
14 Apr 1865, Evening
15 Apr 1865, Evening

Program Details

Uncle Tom’s cabin includes the songs: “[Oh!] I’se so wicked” and “Eva to her papa.”


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Harry Chapman (role: Gumption);  Mrs. Harry Chapman (role: Ophelia);  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy);  Ella Chapman (role: Eva);  William St. Maur (role: Legree);  Harry D. Guion (role: George Harris);  Mrs. L. [actor] Wilkins (role: Cassy);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Marks);  Rachel Denvil (role: Eliza);  Charles [actor-mgr.-dramtist] Foster (role: St. Clare);  J. J. McCloskey (role: Uncle Tom)
2)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [incidental music]. Overture
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
"Oh! I'se so wicked"
Composer(s): Howard
Text Author: Howard
4)
"Eva to her papa"
Composer(s): Howard
Text Author: Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 April 1865, 7.

     Complete cast.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 April 1865, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 15 April 1865, 7.

     “Owing to the length and moral importance of the play, no other piece will be performed with it.”